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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. especially of plant parts; cylindrical and tapering;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Terete \Te*rete"\, a. [L. teres, -etis, rounded off, properly, rubbed off, fr. terere to rub.] Cylindrical and slightly tapering; columnar, as some stems of plants. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

terete adj 1: especially of plant parts; cylindrical and tapering